Inclusive wealth
THERE are three questions that the global sustainable development community is currently grappling with. First, can developing economies facing a Covid-19-related economic recession find ways to follow a ‘build forward…
Climate catastrophe
CLIMATE change can push the world over the cliff if urgent action is not taken. As a threat multiplier, it can lead to poverty, insecurity and a breach of human…
Climate disaster
Many people are rightly preoccupied by the unfolding political events in Washington with Donald Trump becoming the first ever President to be impeached twice and Joe Biden waiting to formally…
As nations bicker, a greener future evolves in finance
Away from the toxic atmosphere at climate summit talks, in boardrooms, banks and trading houses, a transformation in green finance is under way. Its backers hope it could profitably help…
Nature for water
The theme of this year’s World Water Day – marked annually on 22 March – is ‘Nature for Water’, which, as the website of the United Nations Environment Programme informs…
The time has come
A common thread throughout history is that great leaders did the right thing at the right time, with courage and integrity. The current climate crisis has thrust our generation into…
Green finance
The G20’s finance ministers and central bank governors have begun to undertake a stunning shift in mindset. They have become increasingly convinced that ‘green finance’ – financing environmentally sustainable growth…
Financing a sustainable future
Pakistan’s high vulnerability to climate change is known to all. This time Verisk Maplecroft, a global risk and strategic consulting firm based in the UK, has listed Pakistan 22nd in…
Accidents at work
In 1977, I started working for a fertiliser plant in Daharki, Sindh. The residential colony for employees was at a small distance from the plant, but the main entrance to…
Agribusiness and climate change
Climate science is shaking up the world as we know it. It is destabilising the establishment and threatening the interests of some of the most powerful financial groups. The facts…
